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You can NEVER have too many bright orange bikes in your life. I think only my Hemlock isn't. Oh, my Roadrat's not orange either. All my other bikes are though 
More seriously, if you've not got on with full on road bikes before, 'cross bikes (and not just the >X<) are worth a look. I hated proper road bikes so much I designed the RoadRat for goodness sake! Anyhow, the 58cm >X< is a good 20-25mm shorter in the top tube than most road bikes I've tried which are supposedly the right size for me, and I hated the road bikes but find the >X< really nice for road riding. The shorter position really helps MTBer's used to upright front ends get on with the drop bars. First time in years I've done some road riding over the last couple of weeks, and it's mainly because the bike feels right.
Discs-wise, we have some ex-demo Tektro Lyra's on the shelf at the workshop which I'm going to bob on mine and see how they work. I'll snap a couple of pics tomorrow and probably tweet them on @CoticLtd.
